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Kobe Bryant reveals how NBA could have missed him

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant will play his last professional basketball game in the NBA on April 13, 2016. Bryant has featured for only one team in his 20-year career which has seen him winning five championships with the Lakers.

However, the 37-year-old recently shared of how he was discouraged from playing basketball by a school counselor and was asked to pursue a different career option.

“I had a guidance counselor. He asked me what I wanted to be when I grow up. I said I wanted to be an NBA player. He said, ‘You know, that’s not very realistic, I think you should be something else’” Bryant said to CNBC.

Bryant, who was 10-years-old at the time chose to ignore his counselor’s advice and go ahead with his dream. According to the two-time NBA Finals MVP, he needed to put all his eggs in one basket and focus 100 percent in order to accomplish his goals and he did just that.

Bryant also mentioned how he used his counselor’s words as motivation to become the player he is today. Considering his father was Joe Bryant, who was a former NBA player, Kobe was always thinking about a future as a professional basketball player.